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Cafaro’s company gets $1.7M no-bid contract

A $1.7 million no-bid contract awarded to a company owned by J.J. Cafaro to install a water-purification system for the iconic Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the source of controversy, but the businessman said he isn’t surprised. Cafaro, a close friend of and political donor to President Donald Trump, said Friday that the technology used by Greenwater Services, a Brookfield business that he owns through the J.J. Cafaro Investment Trust, did what it’s supposed to do. It flushed out the algae that was in the pool’s underground pipes for years, which ended up in the reflecting ...

Hubbard officials share contrasting views of data center tour

HUBBARD — One resident asked officials to consider adjusting or lifting the city’s yearlong moratorium on data centers, as a councilwoman shared her thoughts after attending a data center tour with their township counterparts. Earlier this week, Councilwoman Robin Zambrini, D-2nd Ward, said she, along with Councilman Jerry Crowe, D-at Large, and economic development and government officials, traveled to New Albany to see its business park and data centers. New Albany is home to 40 completed data centers across 15 companies, with 28 more announced or under construction in its ...

Property transfers

Property transfers recorded June 8 to 12 in Trumbull County: Bloomfield Frank J. Lesho III to Aaron Turnbull and Lauren Turnbull, 10190 Penniman Road, $145,000 Matthew W. Miller and Sally Miller to David W. Gingerich and Wayne D. Gingerich, 8791 Girdle Road, $500,000 Braceville Leslie Bouchard and Matthew Foss to James A. Byler and Christina B. Byler, 4805 McConnell East Road, $435,000 Bristol Jill Denise Berenji and Leon Berenji to Brett Allen and Rachel Allen, 3018 Mahan Denman Road, $330,000 David R. Augusta to Aaron Fisher, 1760 Hyde Oakfield Road, ...

Niles OKs sale of bonds

NILES — Several of the city’s infrastructure areas may soon see improvements, as officials approved a set of ordinances aimed at addressing needs. At Wednesday’s city council meeting, officials approved three separate ordinances for the issuance and sale of bonds for the city’s street facilities, sewer system and city building improvements. The bonds for the street facilities would be in the maximum principal amount of $660,000, and would pay the costs of constructing and equipping a salt storage dome and acquiring a dump truck and tractor for use by the department. The ...

Consuelo ‘Connie’ Kent DeGood 1935-2026

WARREN — Consuelo “Connie” Kent DeGood, a longtime resident of Warren, passed away peacefully Friday, June 12, 2026. She was born Oct. 28, 1935, in Allen Center, to Lena Pricer and Harold Kent. Connie is survived by James Douglas DeGood, her son with the late James M. DeGood; her ...

Show mixes history and comedy

In a career that includes being a writer and producer on “Seinfeld,” co-writer and director of the film “Eurotrip” and a decadeslong collaboration with Larry David, Howland native Jeff Schaffer has written words for and given direction to some of the biggest stars in ...